Hat-rest.



No. 700,907. Patented May 27, I902. G. & J. EDWARDS.

HAT REST. (Application fi led Apr. 25, 1901.

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GEORGE EDXVARDS AND JOHN EDIVARDS, OF STOCKPORT, ENGLAND.

HAT -REST.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 700,907, dated May 27', 1902.

Application filed April 25,1901. Serial No. 57,495. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE EDWARDS and JOHN EDWARDS, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Stockport, in the county of Ohester,England, (whose post-office address formerly was 4.8 Shawoross street, Higher Hillgate, Stockport, but now is 173 Hall street, Stockport,) have invented new and useful In1- provements in Hat-Rests, (for which we have made application for patentin Great Britain, No. 17,092, dated September 26, 1900,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention has for its object to provide a hat-rest for use in hat-works to protect the hat in the various stages of manufacture from the press right to the packing-room and also for use in retailers shops for the display of hats, which hat-rest can be folded up into a small compass and readily carried about. We attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a sec tional plan, of a complete hat-rest constructed in accordance with our invention. Figs. 3, 4, and 6 are detached side views, and Fig. 5 a plan of Fig. 4.- of some modifications of our invention. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a side view and a sectional end view of a detail at an enlarged scale.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out our invention and referring to the figures generally we form a pillar a with a suitable base or foot I) and a handle 0 at its top for carrying purposes. At two or more sides of this pillar we employ a number of oval rings dsay made of wireeach having an arm 6, with forked end 6 and eyes f thereon, by means of which latter and the aid of screws, pins, or the like the said rings are hinged to the sides of the said pillar direct, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or indirect to collars 9, (see Fig. 3,) rendered vertically adjustable thereon. The forked end of each of the said arms at its neck is cranked upward, so as to cause the arm (2 to abut against the side of the pillar a, and thus retain the ring in a horizontal position for use. (See full lines, Fig. 1.) These rings in their horizontal position serve each to hold a hat. In hatworks the hat is placed on the ring crown downward and in hat-shops when used for the display of hats crown upward, as shown in Fig. 1, respectively. In the latter case a clip may be used to secure the hat by the brim to the ring d, as will be readily understood. When it is desired to store the rest, the said rings are raised, and thereby folded against the pillar a (see dotted lines, Fig. 1) and prevented from dropping back by means of spring-catches 7L or the like secured to the pillar a or the said collars g. If deemed necessary, the said rings and arms may be covered with some soft material to prevent the same marking the hats. According to a modification of ourinvention we form the said ringarms capable of being lengthened and shortened to allow of varying the space between the pillar a and the ring 01 to suit the various widths of brims of hats, and thus cause the rest to occupy as little room as possible. This we effect by forming the ring-arm e separate from its forked end 6 and rendering same horizontally adjustable in a tubular arm e say, by a screw To render the rings 01 also capable of being swiveled from underneath each other into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5, and thus facilitate the removal of any of the hats without having to start from the top when they are placed crown downward, we hinge the tubular arm 6 to a Vertical pivot t, carried by the forked end 6, the said tubular arm being kept in its normal position byaspring' 70, fixed to the pillar a and pressing underneath against the tubular arm 6 The said pivot isformed at a right angle with a pin is, (see Figs. 4, 5, and 6,) engaging in a socket Z, formed in the forked end 6 of the ring-arm 6, so as to be rotatively adjustable in the latter, say, by a spring Z, adapted to engage in notches l in the said pin, (see more particularly Figs. 7 and 8,) and thus allow of tilting the ring to any degree of inclination (see Fig. 6) for the purpose of showing off the lining of a hat, say, in shop-windows.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a hat-rest, the pillar a, the hat-supporting rings at formed with the forked arm ends e directly pivotally connected to the said pillar and the springs h secured to the latter adjacent to the said forked ends, the said forked ends being cranked to bear against the said pillar and the said springs to engage and retain the said hat-rings in their lowered and raised position respectively, all combined sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a hat-rest having the pillar a and the hat-supporting rings (1 with the forked ends 6 directly pivotally connected to the said pillar, the sockets Z on the said forked ends, the pin it on the ring-arm e, received by the said socket, and means for rotarily adjusting the latter in the said sockets to allow of tilting the said hat-rings, all combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a hat-rest having the pillar a and the hat-supporting rings 01 with forked ends 0 direotly pivotally connected to the said pillar,

GEORGE EDWARDS. JOHN EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED BOSSHARDT, STANLEY E. BRAMALL. 

